Food and Fund Drive Program

What is a Food and Fund Drive?
A food and fund drive is an excellent opportunity for practically any segment of the greater San Antonio community to become direct partners with the San Antonio Food Bank in our fight to end hunger.  A food and fund drive can be conducted by churches, neighborhoods, businesses, unions, service clubs, schools, military units, scouts, sports teams, or any group of dedicated people who realize it takes local initiative to solve a local problem. 

How Does a Food and Fund Drive Help the Food Bank?

Food and fund drives are critical to the ongoing mission of collecting and redistributing millions of  pounds of food to poor and hungry individuals and families in Southwest Texas. Cash donations are equally important and are used to operate the SAFB’s warehouse, to pay for utilities to run our huge freezers and coolers, and to cover fuel and maintenance for our refrigerated trucks.  The food and monetary donations you raise during your drive will be quickly reinvested into many Food Bank programs.  Kids Cafe, for example, provides a hearty meal five times a week for hundreds of children living in low-income neighborhoods throughout San Antonio.  This year, the SAFB will distribute more than 27 million pounds of food and grocery products to 380 human service agencies, including soup kitchens, church food pantries, neighborhood centers, orphanages, and family crisis shelters.
 

Start Early

You can begin by promoting your food and fund drive now!  Share information throughout your community to raise involvement early in the process.  You can also promote your food and fund drive in community and church bulletins, through local TV, radio and newspaper media outlets, at neighborhood grocery stores and many other locations.

Set A Goal

No matter what your approach, it helps to have a specific goal for your food and fund drive.  This gives participants something to work toward and a benchmark for success.

Have Fun

Your food and fund drive can be more fun and successful if you decide upon some creative approaches together.  Use cans as entry into a sporting event in lieu of tickets or hold a CAN-struction sculpture contest among teams or groups of people.  Check out some ideas you can use.

Set Up A Central Location

Collect donated food and grocery items at a central location throughout your drive.  This will make it easier to load your food at the completion of your food drive.  Assign one or two individuals to be responsible for financial contributions to the Food Bank.

Make It Educational

Participating in a food and fund drive is an excellent opportunity to educate your neighbors, friends and family about the meaning of community sharing, hunger and nutrition, economics and volunteerism.

Make the Delivery!

At the completion of your successful food and fund drive, contact the San Antonio Food Bank to schedule a drop-off of your donated items.  If your event gathers large amounts of food, arrangements may be made for a Food Bank pickup. All the food donated helps us in the fight against hunger in South Texas.  Whether you decide to bring in a bag of groceries to the Food Bank, organize a food and drive, or participate in the Virtual Food Drive, you can be assured that your contribution will be put to use.

Current Food and Fund Drives

Food and Fund Drive Application